diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 509472d9ba..a7237d2e5b 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-03-19  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>
+
+	* gdb.base/async.exp (test_background): Expect \r\n after
+	"completed." in the fail pattern.
+
 2014-03-19  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>
 
 	* gdb.base/async.exp (test_background): New procedure.
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/async.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/async.exp
index 65bec4da3f..a1c821cfaf 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/async.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/async.exp
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ proc test_background {command before_prompt after_prompt {message ""}} {
 	-re "^$command\r\n${before_prompt}${gdb_prompt}${after_prompt}completed\.\r\n" {
 	    pass "$message"
 	}
-	-re "$gdb_prompt.*completed\.$" {
+	-re "$gdb_prompt.*completed\.\r\n" {
 	    fail "$message"
 	}
 	timeout  {